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Amélie Gillette is an American newspaper columnist and television writer. She wrote the weekly infographic "The Tolerability Index" for ''
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'' for 10 years and was a writer for the US version of ''
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''. She has written for many publications, including '' Spin'', '' The Believer'', and ''
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Early life

Gillette is from
New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
,
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. She attended
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, where she wrote for ''
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''. After graduation, she worked as a freelance writer and taught English in Italy.


''The A.V. Club'' (2006–2016)

Gillette began writing for ''The Onion''s entertainment newspaper ''
The A.V. Club ''The A.V. Club'' is an American online newspaper and entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, television, books, games, and other elements of pop-culture media. ''The A.V. Club'' was cre ...
'' in 2006. She wrote "The Hater" column and "The Tolerability Index" infographic, and was the featured performer of The Hater podcast. The last Hater column was published in 2010, but she continued to write "The Tolerability Index" until 2016. She has also written headlines for ''The Onion''.


Television writing (2010–present)

Gillette joined the writing staff of ''The Office'' beginning in its seventh season. She had met ''Office'' cast member Ellie Kemper a few times prior to joining ''The Office'' writing staff, since Kemper was a writer for ''The Onion'' and ''
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''. She joined the staff of the
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sitcom ''
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'' in 2012; however, the show was cancelled before her credited episode, "Wingmen," aired. The episode later appeared in a Spring 2013 "burn off."


''The Office'' episodes

* " Todd Packer" * " Special Project"


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